Beith factory of death closed, thousands of lives saved.

On Monday morning (25th April) at dawn Glasgow Anti-War Action and Faslane Peace Camp shut the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency based at Beith in Ayrshire (Grid Reference NS 351 524). Two gates were locked shut and blockaded and some members of the group entered the site as part of a citizens weapons inspection. A banner reading "DSDA, Making a Killing" was hung from the roof one of the tallest building.The two people responsible managed to abscond and escaped arrest.There where four arrests made after the blokaders reused to remove themselves from there lock ons and where cut out by police at miday.All in all a great first action on such an important target.

BEITH DSDA IS RUN BY PRIVATE COMPANIES FOR PROFIT, THEY :
# maintain Tomahawk cruise missiles, used in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.The total cost of this cruise missile programme is believed to be approx' £300 million (an estimated £700,000 each) and causes tragic and unacceptable human suffering.
# prepare and test Storm Shadow missiles nicknamed "bunker busters" dropped
on Iraq by Tornado's based at RAF Lossiemouth.
# produce Brimstone missiles which are used by UK attack aircraft such as
Tornadoes and Harriers.
# maintain cruise missile supplies for Trident and hunter-killer submarines
based at HMNB Clyde, Faslane.
# are subcontracted by BAE Systems to produce Spearfish torpedoes carried by
Trident and other submarines based at Faslane.

Pat Freeborn, a spokesperson for GAWA said:
"The bomb factory at Beith contributes to the mass militarisation of Scotland and Britain's dependence on it's military. We believe that using the military to maintain and extend it's position of global economic power, through the forceful oppression of poor and less powerful nations like Iraq is wrong. We call on the employees to walk out, keep Beith DSDA closed and
decide on how to use the factory positively and creatively."

This action is part of the build up to the “Now We Are Free” conference in the Pearce Institute, later this week on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th May (www.scotland-uxb.org) and the Glasgow Mayday 'Reclaim the Streets' carnival on Sunday 1st May and preperations for the G8 summit in July this year.A positive time for change in Scotland.